Alexander George VILLIERS

VILLIERS, Alexander George

    Service Number: 767
    Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1894
    Home Town: Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Assistant Plumber
    Died: Hollywood, Perth, Western Australia, 30 March 1975, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 767, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 767, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 767, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
    7 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 767, 9th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound. Severe wound to the abdomen. Invalided to England on 21 June 1917 aboard HS Grantully Castle
    15 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 767, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Andrew Villiers and Maria Janer Villiers nee Perkins of Port Moresby, New Guinea.

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 September 1917 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 13 November 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British Wae Medal, Victory Medal

    On 1 August 1920 Alexander married Eleanor Elizabeth Griffin

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